Command: Modern Operations Command:MO - Chains of War

Command: Modern Operations Command:MO - Chains of War is a DLC for Command: Modern Operations, a simulation of air and naval combat. Its 12 campaign scenarios follow a crisis that begins on the Korean peninsula 20 minutes in the future and spreads across the Western Pacific, drawing in the major powers. Four additional standalone scenarios revisit past hotspots where conflict did not break out, but could have.

Conflict in the Pacific

The campaign centers on tensions between North and South Korea and competition between China and the US for strategic bases and choke points used by global commerce. The conflict puts control of the region’s trade routes and the balance of power at stake.

New systems of warfare

The scenarios feature technologies that change how modern forces fight. Network and cyber attacks can disrupt communications, leaving units isolated, with limited awareness of what they can detect and engage and no longer under their side’s control. Electromagnetic pulse weapons can disable vulnerable electronics, while anti-ship ballistic missiles threaten aircraft carriers. Railguns deliver long-range fire, anti-satellite weapons target communications and intelligence nodes in orbit, and high-energy lasers burn targets with beams invisible to the naked eye.

Operations and damage

You can load mobile forces onto ships, aircraft and submarines, then unload them at suitable points on the battlefield. Each platform’s transport capacity is limited by volume, weight and crew. Aircraft can be shot down or damaged and still make it home; the damage model accounts for effects on the fuselage, cockpit and engines. Repairs that take too long can leave an aircraft mission-killed because it misses the fight.

Scenarios and features

• 12 campaign scenarios: Written by Mike Mykytyn, a founding member of the original CMANO development team.
• Four standalone scenarios: Set in past hotspots that did not lead to conflict, but could have.
• Communications disruption: Network and cyber attacks, as well as other factors, can isolate units and limit their tactical awareness and control.
• Cargo, landing and airdrop operations: Transport mobile forces by ship, aircraft or submarine, subject to each platform’s capacity.
• Aircraft damage model: Damage can affect the fuselage, cockpit and engines, with repairs potentially keeping an aircraft out of the fight.
• Advanced weapons: Tactical EMP weapons, railguns, high-energy lasers and other systems.